Thanks to Arnaldo Slaen, Joe Wood, Dave Valko, Jim Evans, and Ron Howard for todays edition of Blog Logs.
Gayle VH
All times UTC // parallel frequencies
Australia
2325 VL8T ABC, Tennant Creek, 0952+. January 21, English, report by male in // with VL8K ABC Radio, Katherine, SINPO 24332.(A. Slaen, Argentina/DX Camp)
2485 VL8K ABC, Katherine, Northern Territory Service, 1000+. January 20, English, reports, interview, short music, announcement, ID, 24432 (A. Slaen, Argentina/DX Camp)
Bulgaria
7400 Radio Bulgaria (Plovdiv). 0115-0120. 27 Jan 08. English. Female announcer with pop music and interviews of the artists. S9+10/VG. (J. Wood, TN).
Chad
4905 RD Nationale Tchadienne (Ndjamenne). 2256-2301*. 26 Jan 08. French. Hip hop in English and Afropop in French. Station promos at TOH. National Anthem and off at 2301S9/very good signal. (J Wood, TN)
Chile
6010 Radio Parinacota, Putre, 1000-1015, January 21, Spanish/Quechua. Station sign-on with identification as: "Se levanta una voz desde Chile para mostrar al mundo su...........". Some announcement in Quechua. Other ID as: "Radio Parinacota transmite desde la Comuna de Putre, Provincia de Parinacota....el Gerente Legal es el Sr...... quien es Alcalde de la Comuna de Putre...........", SINPO 32432 with QRM from Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. (A. Slaen, Argentina/DX Camp)
Clandestine
6275.5 Raido Arctica. 2112. Good signal peaking at S-9. First program. End of editorial at tune-in with web URL and e-mail address. Organ music. 2114 wind blowing SFX and woman with RS ID announcement, more instrumental music, then indigenous choral singing. 2119-2121 M in EG tlk abt the water/grass and walking in the Arctic mixed w/melancholy mx. 2121-2123 tlk by W in RS w/wind blowing SFX and ment of the Arctic and Arctica. 2123 more indigenous singing by woman with 2124-2126 wind blowing with male's ID in English giving station's mission and then editorial. Program ended with web address and email again. 2126-2127 tlk by woman in Russian followed by organ music. 2128 signal appeared to go off the air but was fading badly at this time. (D. valko, PA via HCDX 26 Jan.)
Czech Repblic
7345 Radio Prague (Litomysl). 0103-0113. 27 Jan 08. English. Staiton ID and talk of agricultural practices in the Czech Republic. S5/fair. (J. Wood,TN).
Djibouti
4780 Radio Djibouti (Djibouti), 0354-0415, 1/26/2008, Arabic. Horn of Africa music with short announcements by man. Talk by man at 0401 followed by more music at 0406 Strong signal with CODAR interference. SINPO 43333. Audio somewhat low. (J. Evans, TN)
Egypt
6290 Egyptian Radio. (Kafir Silim-Abis). 0039-0059. 26 Jan 08. Arabic. A very interesting show consisting of either an operetta or musical comedy. I can’t remember what the difference between the two is. Lots of catchy singing, joking and laughing. All with a Middle Eastern flair. S9+10/VG. (J.Wood, TN)
Eritrea
7100 Voice of the Broad Masses (Asmara), 0410-0425, 1/26/2008, Tigrinya. Horn of Africa music. Talk by woman at 0415. Music returned at 0420. Signal initially at noise level, improving to SINPO 24222 at tune out. (J. Evans, TN)
Guatemala
4780 Radio Coatan 1216. Times given by male at tune-in, continued music and more announcements. ID at 1221, time check and a few more brief announcements, into soft Spanish muic. Live time-check and canned ID "Este es R. Coatan" at 1230. Lively Latin American music at 1330. Long voice-over talk 1337-1340, then Ranchera music. Could just barely make out audio at 1400. Last time I was able to detect the carrier tone (tuned in SSB) was at 1438, 2:08 hours after our local sunrise!! (D. Valko, PA via HCDX 26 Jan.)
India
9445 Aall India Radio via Bangalore(presumed), 2110-2118, 1/25/2008, English. Talk by man and woman with occasional few seconds of subcontinent music. Very poor signal, deteriorating. No parallels noted. (J. Evans, TN)
Papua New Guinea
3315, Radio Manus, 1134-1218, Jan.27. Tok Pisin and English, program of C&W traditional ballads, plus Everly Brothers singing "Take A Message To Mary", Cindy Lauper with "Time After Time", 1200 choral Anthem followed by exotic bird calls, seemed to be relay of NBC, brief news in English with weather forecast ("showers"), DJ playing pop songs. IDs heard: "here on Radio Manus" and "NBC National Radio", mostly fair, best in USB (R. Howard, CA)
Peru
4886,4 Radio Virgen del Carmen, Huancavelica, 1116+, January 21, Spanish. Christian songs to religious short talk by male. SINPO 25432.(A. Slaen, Argentina)
5949,5 Radio Bethel (presumed), Arequipa, 1105+. January 21, Spanish. Long religious talk by male. SINPO 23432. (A. Slaen, Argentina/DX Camp)
Pirate
6925USB. Sycko Radio. 1806-1826*. 27 Jan 08. English. Music by Marilyn Manson, Green Day and others. IDs as both Kracker Radio and Sycko Radio. S2/Poor.(J. Wood, TN).
Zimbabwe
3396, Radio Zimbabwe, 0133-0315, Jan 27. Started out poor, quickly came up to fair and then went on to extremely good reception, 0133-0205 heard with alternate segments of African high-life music and OM talking in vernacular over the music, 0205 changed program to ballad/soul/rap songs, back to high-life, gospel and pop songs in vernacular and English (song "True Colors"), 0300 drums, IDs in English: "Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Zimbabwe, shortwave", drums again, repeat of same ID, long list of cities with their FM frequencies (Harare FM 96 MHz, etc.), list of SW frequencies and details of broadcasting times, back to high-life music and in vernacular. The whole time 4828 was also well heard, not parallel, with non-stop music (high-life, gospel songs in English, etc.) but with no announcements. Super enjoyable listening! (R. Howard, CA)
